Kerry Junior Football Championship
{{Short description|Annual Gaelic football competition}}
{{Notability|1=Events|date=August 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2023}}
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The Kerry Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Kerry Petroleum County Junior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Kerry JFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the second highest ranked junior clubs in the county of Kerry in Ireland. It is the fourth tier overall in the entire Kerry Gaelic football championship system.
The Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship was introduced in 2016 following a restructuring of the entire Kerry Gaelic football championship system at all levels.{{cite web |last=O'Mahony |first=John |date=20 October 2014 |title=GAA proposes major SFC surgery |url=https://www.killarneytoday.com/gaa-proposes-major-sfc-surgery/ |accessdate=11 December 2022 |publisher=Killarney Today}} As a result, the champions no longer enter the Munster Junior Club Football Championship.
In its current format, the 16 participating club are drawn into four groups of four teams and play each other in a round-robin system. The four group winners and the four runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at FitzGerald Stadium. The winner of the Kerry Junior Championship, as well as being presented with the Cup, are promoted to the Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship.
Format
= Group stage =
The 16 clubs are divided into four groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed three group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
= Knockout stage =
Quarter-finals: The 4 group winners and 4 group runners-up contest this round. A group winner will play a group runner-up of another group. The two winners from these two games advance to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: The four quarter-final winners contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.
Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions and are promoted to the Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship.
Teams
= 2024 Teams =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! style="background:green;color:yellow" |Club ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Location ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Colours ! style="background:green;color:yellow" |Division ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | In championship since ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Championship titles ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Last championship title |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg Asdee
| Asdee | | |0 |— |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Beale
| Green, red and black | |1 |1980 |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Cordal
| Cordal | | |1 |1986 |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Cromane
| Cromane | Maroon and white | |0 |— |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Flag_of_Rome.svg Duagh
| Duagh | | |1 |2006 |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Finuge
| Finuge | Green and Gold | |3 |2004 |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Cork.svg Kilgarvan
| Red and white | |0 |— |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Knocknagoshel
| | |0 |— |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Lispole
| Lispole | | |2 |2018 |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Moyvane
| Moyvane | Green and gold | |0 |— |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Scartaglin
| Maroon and white | |0 |— |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Skellig Rangers
|Green and yellow | 2024 |1 |2008 |
| style="text-align:left"|File:Ogonnelloe_flag.JPG Sneem-Derrynane
| | |1 (as Sneem) |1997 |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg St Michael's/Foilmore
| Green and red | 2023 |1 |2001 |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Down.svg Tarbert
| Tarbert | Red and black | |1 |1995 |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Tuosist
|Green and red | |0 |— |
| style="text-align:left"| File:Flag_of_Naples.svg Valentia Young Islanders
| Red and yellow | 2023 |1 |1981 |
List of finals
Roll of honour
= By club =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:green;color:yellow" | # ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Team ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Titles ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Runners-Up ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Winning years ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Losing years |
| rowspan="3" |1
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Castlegregory |3 |4 |1974, 2009, 2021 |2002, 2007, 2017, 2020 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Finuge
|3 |2 |1982, 2002, 2004 |1998, 2000 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Laois.svg Annascaul
|3 |0 |1979, 2003, 2020 |— |
| rowspan="11" |4
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg St Mary’s |2 |3 |1983, 2010 |1978, 1979, 1980 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Lispole
|2 |2 |1984, 2018 |1981, 2004 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Cork.svg An Ghaeltacht
|2 |1 |1976, 1993 |1985 |
| style="text-align:left"|File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Gneeveguilla
|2 |1 |1978, 2000 |1977 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Flag_of_Rome.svg Duagh
|2 |1 |2006, 2024 |2011 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Kilcummin
|2 |0 |1973, 1991 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg Listowel Emmets
|2 |0 |1972, 1999 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Ardfert
|2 |0 |1987, 2005 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Laois.svg Keel
|2 |0 |2007, 2013 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg Brosna
|2 |0 |1989, 2014 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Laois.svg Templenoe
|2 |0 |1975, 2015 |— |
| rowspan="21" |15
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Beale |1 |4 |1980 |1997, 2008, 2016, 2018 |
| style="text-align:left"|File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Beaufort
|1 |3 |1977 |1995, 1999, 2009 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Cordal
|1 |3 |1986 |1983, 2005, 2022 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Cork.svg Rathmore
|1 |3 |1998 |1988, 1993, 1996 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Dromid Pearses
|1 |3 |2011 |2001, 2010, 2014 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Tarbert
|1 |3 |1995 |1990, 2023, 2024 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Laois.svg Reenard
|1 |2 |2023 |2006, 2019 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Clare.svg St Senan's
|3 |1 |1985 1992 1996 |1994 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Cork.svg Currow
|1 |1 |1988 |2003 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg Firies
|1 |1 |2022 |2021 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Cork.svg Dingle
|1 |0 |1971 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Flag_of_Naples.svg Valentia Young Islanders
|1 |0 |1981 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg Milltown/Castlemaine
|1 |0 |1990 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Cork.svg St Patrick’s, Blennerville
|1 |0 |1994 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg Sneem
|1 |0 |1997 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg St Michael's/Foilmore
|1 |0 |2001 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Skellig Rangers
|1 |0 |2008 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Kenmare Shamrocks
|1 |0 |2012 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Fossa
|1 |0 |2016 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg Listry
|1 |0 |2017 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg Ballyduff
|1 |0 |2019 |— |
| rowspan="5" |36
|style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg |0 |2 |— |2013, 2015 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Glenflesk
|0 |1 |— |1972 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Moyvane
|0 |1 |— |1975 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Knocknagoshel
|0 |1 |— |1989 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg Na Gaeil
|0 |1 |— |2012 |
See also
- Kerry Senior Football Championship (Tier 1)
- Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (Tier 2)
- Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship (Tier 3)
- Kerry Novice Football Championship (Tier 5)